Tuesday, November 8, 2011

We've seen all kinds of gorgeous light flowing through the flickr pool and on the blog here over the past few weeks. It's really quite amazing what light can do to a photo--whether we carefully set our aperture and use our lens in some way to capture wonderful flare and bokeh, or we purposefully angle ourselves in just the right place at the right time to maximize nature's sparkling beauty.

Me? I went straight to my iPhone for this theme. Your mobile phone can be a fun and unique way to capture light. Just throw all the technical stuff out the window and shoot straight into the morning sun as I did above. A partially blocked sun can be magical too, or watch what happens when you place the sun just off to the side of your photo as in keenemomma's stunning image below. Just click, and let the app do the rest for unpredictable results!

These two photos were taken using the Hipstamatic app with different lens and film combinations, but there are plenty of other ways to achieve interesting light effects with your mobile phone--I like format126for a bright orange sun and iDarkroom can be fun if you like to play with light leaks for that toy camera look. And of course, these images aren't limited to the iPhone--you can get fantastic results with your droid phones too. Remember, it's all about getting out there and experimenting with different combinations. The effects can be wild and wonderful...let your mobile phone surprise you!

This is a wonderful post Christy. Thank you!!I know for me at least, my iPhone does not get nearly as much use as it deserves. Some truly beautiful images can be made with it, and a little experimentation.

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The Mortal Muses are nine female photographers from around the world. Each morning, one of the Muses posts a musing based on the previous photo submission theme and selects a companion photo from the mortal muses flickr pool to feature. We then move to the next theme.